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" You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda. "

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" Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. "

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" Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums. "

" They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail. "

" I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude. "

" Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. "

" The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit. "

" They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes. "

" I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty. "

" It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world. "

" Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars. "

" Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. "

" Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen. "

" Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. "

" I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late. "

" They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system. "

" I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. "

" If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much. "

" The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country. "

" Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty. "

" If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are. "

" I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. "

" God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven. "

" My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble. "

" People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage? "

" My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become. "

" I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness. "

" The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this. "

" When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. "